Door-hanger.



M. MOCK.

DOOR HANGER.

APPLIoATmN FILED MAB. 2a. 1912.

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MICHAEL MOCK, OF BEEVILLE, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO DAVID B. SAFFOLD, OF BEEVILLE, TEXAS,

DOOR-HANGER.

Specification of .Letters Patent.

Patented June 17, 1913.

ment of which will be free and easy. To

this end, I propose a door having upper supporting stirrups carrying roller guided members and connected by a member which is movable freely through a roller carriage having a limited movementl on the door frame. l

My invention will, it is thought, be clearly understood from the following description in which reference is made to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this' specification, and in Which- Figure 1 is an elevation of the side of a car, illustrating the practical application of my improved door thereto; Fig. 2 is an elevation, partly in section, of the upper portion of the door and the car side; and Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view, on an enlarged scale, taken through the suspension carriage on the line 8-8 of Fig. 2.

Referring now to these figures, the side A of a car is indicated as provided with a door opening u, and a door B which is slidable along the car side in order to cover-and uncover the said door opening, the car side A, andthe door B having the 'usual staple Il and hasp b whereby the door may be locked and sealed in its closed position.

In accordance with my invention, the car side A is provided with brackets 1 and 2 which are bolted thereto above its door (opening a and upon opposite sides of said door' opening, the said brackets supporting superposed -rollers 3. Between the brackets 1 and 2, and in substantially the same plane therewith are inverted U-shaped brankets 4 and 5v which are bolted to the carsid A in spaced relation and which are connected by longitudinal pairs of side bars C and 7, the bars of each pair being in. superposed relation whereby to constitute a track and to receive the adiacenti side rollers 8 of a movable carriage 9, the ends of which carriage are open.

The door B 1s suspended through any suitable means from its. upper supporting wardly projecting longitudinal guide bars Il, these guide bars extending between the rollers-3 of the car brackets 1 and 2 whereby .the door may be guided in its sliding movement. In a like manner, the ends of an intermediate guide bar 12 are threaded into the inner sides of the stirrups 10 and thus connect thestirrups, this latter guide bar extending, as shown particularly in Figs. 2 and 3, through the carriage 9 and between inner superposed rollers 13 within said carriage. Thus the door in its sliding movement is effectively guided by the outer bars 0r members 11 and the car carried a'oler brackets 1 and 2 and is as effectively balanced and supported for free and easy movement by the inner bar or memberl2 and the moving carriage 9, it being understood that the latter is limited in its travel by the brackets 4 and 5 through which the stirrups 10 may however pass. So far as now described, my improved door and its means of suspension are equally adaptable for cars, barns, stables, and in fact any structure where the use of a slidingdoor of the present character is either necessary or expedient.

The stirrups 10 are connected to the door by .means of vertical shafts 14 and 15, and I provide the lower 'portion' of the car side with ay member 21 which is rigidly supported by brackets 22, in spaced relation to the car side, and adjacent the lower edge of the door to prevent the latter from swinging away from the car side.

I claim 1. The combination with a door frame having supporting members above and at opposite sides of its door opening,- and provided with a movable carriage above its door opening and between said .supporting members, of a door having upper supportlng stirrups, guide' members secured to and projecting outwardly from said stirrups and through the supporting members, and a guide member 'connecting said stirrups and extcndinglthrough said carriage.

2. The combination with a door frame and the like having roller brackets abo've its door opening and juxtaposed tracks mounted between said brackets, of a carriage*v mounted to travel on said tracks, a door havin .supporting stirrups, guide `members exten ing outwardly from' said stirrups and movable'through said roller brackets, 'and a guide 'member connecting'. the said stirr'ups and movable through said movable carria'geL 8. The combination with -a door -frame and the like having rigid brackets above itsl r opening and on opposite sides thereof, each of seid brackets having superposed rollers, braket's' between said first named brackets and juxtaposed tracks carried. by

A the last mentioned brackets andezich com! prising superposed rods, ofn carriage having side rollers mounted between the said track rods and having central Superposed rollers, a door having supporting stirrups 4 and movable between the superposedrollers of the-.first mentioned bracketsand a guide rod connecting the said stirrups and mov- Vable between the superposed central rollers' of the carriage,

` 'MICHAEL' -MOCK- Vitnesses R. L. Cox, T. M. Cox.

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